6 6. Living as a Dove.

Yorimitsu did not expect that his action would make him become a trainee at the investigator school. His first thought after regaining his sense was to kill everyone and run away but canceled this plan after thinking that going to the investigator school was also a good move. Although it was risky, if it could be done then he would not have to worry about this topic anymore.

"Let's give it a try, a big deal is to run away." Yorimitsu gritted his teeth before following the two investigators.

It turned out that his decision was right, no one noticed his identity, at least for now. He lived with other kids at his age in the dormitory for the CCG orphanage and learned the knowledge that Dove should know like the other kids.

Yorimitsu also did not expect that his plan could be this smooth sailing, after struggling for a while, he came up with a proper explanation for himself.

There were two general ways that would expose the ghoul's identity to a normal person.

First, getting caught red-handed when they preying on humans, including being under the observation of investigators like Hinami and her mother's case.

Next, exposed by the amounts of RC cells. Normal ghouls had RC Cells two to five times higher than humans, which could detect through medical certificates or RC detectors that were set up at every CCG's branches.

For Yorimitsu, he was just a kid, after getting through the RC detector gate without ringing the alarm, the investigators determined that he was a human and did not bother to let the doctor check him anymore. Moreover, the boy could eat normal food, and because he was a human in his previous life, he could behave like a normal kid so no one suspect his identity at all.

This was so good! Being a trainee investigator could clear all the suspicions about his identity in the future, and he could gain knowledge about the system of CCG, the way they fought, and how to effectively train people. These were immensely useful to his future plan.

However, Yorimitsy knew that he still had a high chance of being exposed. His abnormally strong body was one thing, and another was ghouls from V and children from the Sunlit Garden. Most of the children from the garden were half-human and half-ghoul so they would know his identity right away if they took a sniff at him so he had to be alert all the time and ready to run any time he smelled their scent.

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Soon, two years had passed in this kind of high-risk high-reward life. Consuming only normal food for a long time slowly weakened his body. When he came out from the 24th ward, he had already had kakuja but now he did not sure if he could bring out his kagune.

However, it was worth it. This period of time let him deeply understand the fighting method of Dove such as the formation, encirclement and investigating method, and habitual fighting style of the investigator.

It sounded like nothing but he now knew where to start when fighting a group of investigators, how to run away from suppression, and how to make himself seem inconspicuous. Moreover, he had recorded so many fighting methods in his brain and felt that right now, no matter which type of quinque, he could use them proficiently even if he used them for the first time. But on the premise that performing only normal moves and the quinque shape wasn't too weird.

For his social life, Yorimitsu did not let other people get too close to prevent them from seeing flaws so he didn't have any friends even after living here for a long time although there were some original characters he knew such as Amon Kotaro and some instructors that would become a special class in the future.

"But to think that I could live under their noses for a whole year, isn't Vashuu clan too incompetent?" Yorimitsu thought, his life was very calm, too calm that he wondered whether he had fallen into a trap or not.

This was because the CCG orphanage wasn't that important. Most of the manpower in CCG came from Vashuu's family members and normal people who signed up. The kid that lost their parents were just a small part and they could be checked again before becoming official investigators so V just did not care about this place, not to mention that ghouls normally did not have guts or the ability to infiltrate here.

"When should I get out of here?" Yorimitsu thought while looking at the children that fighting far away. He already learned all the knowledge he could, leaving only those advanced topics like quinque technology which was practically impossible. It was time for him to leave, only waiting for a good reason.

"Thanking about reason, isn't she the suitable one?" The corners of his mouth curled up. This institution wasn't a jail so the children knew what CCG knew as long as it wasn't a confidential topic. He can even take a stroll outside if he wanted.

From the news he heard recent day, there was a ferocious ghoul that killed a special-class investigator in the 3rd ward, lead a large-scale attack on the 2nd ward branch office, attacked Chochlea, fought against S3 Squad and killed special-class Urie Mikito. All of these made this ghoul become one of if not the most dangerous ghouls in Tokyo.

There was only one ghoul who would do this. Yoshimura Eto, the One-eyed Owl, had come out from the 24th ward and released her hatred to this world.

"Ah, I really wanted to see the fight, both Eto's and Kuzen's." He swung his legs like a child. These two guys' actions included many special-class investigators and even, in the case of Kuzen, Kishou Arima who was the ceiling power of this world. Just thinking about copying Arima made him drolls.

"Just go and see. I'm in the 7th ward, the 2nd ward was right next to my ward. A couple of hours is enough." He thought and decided to choose a suitable day to sneak out and take a peek at the fight, whether he choose the right day or not was depending entirely on his luck.

Yorimitsu waited for about two weeks till the news about One-Eyed Owls attacking the 2nd ward again before being injured by special class Kuroiwa. He knew that the battle between CCG and Kuzen was about to come, luckily, the date of the next Owl suppression operation wasn't a secret so he also knew the date too.

He didn't have any friends, no one cared when he disappeared so he could sneak out easily when the time has come. His figure swiftly jumped from one building to another building, heading towards the 2nd ward.

"Ha Ha Ha, it's so refreshing to be able to move like this." Yorimitsu laughed excitedly while floating in the sky. He had to pretend to be a normal human for two whole years, it felt quite frustrating not being able to move to the heart's content for ghouls with uakaku.

The boy arrived at the 2nd ward and started to look for the battle location by following scents of blood in the air. It was hard at first, but become easier after the scent became thicker and thicker.

When he arrived, the fight was in a white-hot state. He used the roof of the building as a front-row seat to watch this whole operation.

The place they chose to fight was an abandoned building far away from normal people's living areas. Several armored cars parked at the entrance of the building, and countless Doves poured into the building. The low-rank officers with guns lined up as a defense line to prevent the enemy from fleeing while the investigators with quinque rushed to where the real fight happened, surrounding a giant white figure in a cloak, the target of today's operation.

This was the first time Yorimitsu actually saw a fully developed kakuja except his own. Two red and white kagune grew from his shoulders and extended out like two giant blades that were capable of slashing even kokaku. The other part of the remaining kakuja warped around his upper body like armor and formed a maks on his face.

"It's looked a bit smaller than Eto's kakuja, although I don't think anyone would develop their kakuja to that point as she does," Yorimitsu spoke to himself. From his memory, a few ghouls would wrap kakuja around their bodies and enlarge them to look like a monster. In his memory, only Eto and Roma deliberately did that, oh, and the one-eyed owls that Kanou create from Kuzen kagune too.

In the last fight, Kuroiwa dealt a heavy injury to Eto to the point that she might die if that continued. Kuzen who knew this could not stand by and watch his daughter die just like that so he posed himself as One-Eyed Owl to divert CCG and V's attention.

As a ghoul that lived by fighting and killing till old age, Kuzen's strength reached a terrifying point that was at least equal to an SS-rated ghoul. His two scimitar-shaped kakuja slashed everyone that come near him while the kagune on his shoulders fired cone-like projectiles at high speed like a machine gun, his attacks covering both mid and melee range and attacking everyone at the same time. He could fight evenly with more than twenty investigators that were considered to be the CCG's cream of the crop, no not just fighting evenly, he's even beating those investigators.

"Look like I still have a lot to learn, aren't I?" He sighed and smiled wryly. He would have a hard time fighting some of these investigators but Kuzen could toss them around like nothing, and his real enemy was V, an organization stronger than Kuzen. It looked like he still had a long way to go.

Realizing his weakness, Yorimitsu became more focused, captured every scene and movement of Kuzen and the people fighting below. Trying to learn from them as much as possible.

The fierce battle continued with the loss of CCG which kept increasing. Ghouls with ukaku notoriously known as ghouls were easily out of gas, but this theory didn't seem to include Kuzen. Although he fought an entire army by himself and continuously fired his kagune at the investigators he didn't seem to get tired even though most of the enemies are lying on the ground.

"What a monster." Yorimitsu thought, he also had ukaku-type kakuja but he still lacked stamina compared to this old man.

The fight seemed to be a little bit one-sided and coming to an end but he didn't relax. Yorimitsu that read the original work knew that the main course would come next.

As he thought, a young investigator stepped out. He was a young man with black hair that reached his ears, his face did not have any emotion, just calmness as if everything was not enough to make him feel anything. The atmosphere around him made Yorimitsu tense up, he knew at first glance that this guy was also an abnormal monster.

There was only one person in CCG who could make him feel like this.

Kishou Arima.

Although he was currently a second-rank investigator, his strength should be the strongest among all the people here.

And as Yorimistu thought, the situation changed after Arima appeared. He used the others' quinque to deflect Kuzen's attacks before dealing a heavy blow on the old man's body, cutting his arm off along with one of his kakuja blades.

"This...this is too foul! How can I win against a monster like this!" Yorimistu opened his mouth wide. Arima's action was very simple, just close the gap between him and Kuzen before cutting off his hand, but this was something that countless Doves, including special-class investigators, failed to accomplish. It could be said that Arima's skill was at its peak, both the martial skills and the judgment ability.

The strong enemy made him felt a little hopeless but also ignited the flame in his heart. Yorimitsu became more determined to leave the investigator school.

He went back to school without anyone noticing. Two days later, he went to find the instructor and said. "Instructor, I want to drop out!"